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shoots around the four quadrants of the state and fur-
ther help to specific executives for their activity en-
hancement. In this newsletter we are asking life mem-
bers to respond to Ken Laintz our membership Secre-
tary in order to determine if any are deceased. A de-
ceased member’s portion of the LMF reverts to the
general fund at that point. Refer to the last newsletter
for membership data. The By-Laws are specific in that
life member funds cannot be accessed except as above.
If the NMSSA ceases to exist the life member’s portion
of the fund reverts to the member. The only other way
to acquire life member fund principal is through volun-
tarily allowing that money to be transferred to the gen-
eral fund. That can be done as a lump sum or in five
installments. We are nearly 2/3s life members and the
interest is low enough and not expected to grow that it
does not even approach the yearly member fee over
time. A signed letter to the Membership Secretary will
suffice. Due to funds and time restrictions the newslet-
ter request is in lieu of any letters and so forth at this
time.
As I write this I am looking out a picture win-
dow to see some rabbits in my yard. It makes me think
of many countries where subjects are no safer and have
the same level of self defense as a rabbit. I could open
the door and shoot one with a pellet gun. Right now in
Syria a government shooters kill unarmed protestors as
easily as killing a rabbit. Many countries around the
world have the same control over human life. In our
backyard is Mexico where subjects are basically un-
armed (getting up to a .380 pistol is possible but a red-
tape filled and expensive process) and are at the mercy
of some corrupt government officials; military and
police and criminals including violent drug cartels. As
to Mexico their president comes to our country blaming
us for their drug violence because of our gun laws.
This, a disparaging attack by a Mexican in front of our
Congress on our Second Amendment. I think Mexi-
co’s only relatively secure border is that with the
US.
Continued on page 5
Instead of having an executive mid-
summer meeting I decided that a full membership
meeting is needed. We need to discuss certain con-
siderations of the By-Laws primarily to address life
membership and Life Member Funds (LMF) their
usage, restrictions and options. Several positions
need approval for folks that volunteered. In addi-
tion, we should consider positions for NORTH and
SOUTH directors. We do need a quorum of at
least 25 members to effect changes. To combine an
abbreviated meeting and a period of shooting I
made arrangements at Calibers indoor shooting
range in Albuquerque. Due to low funds I am ask-
ing members to self pay for breakfast and shooting.
We can begin at 8am with a working breakfast and
be done with the meeting by 10am. At 10 am we
can shoot until 12 noon, possibly longer depending
on Caliber classes and business that day. If you use
your own gun you can use your own ammo. If
using Caliber guns you must buy ammo from them.
Remember they have a few Class III guns you may
want to try. Total cost per member is $20. If some
grant money is made available we may be able to at
least defray the cost of breakfast. Calibers is locat-
ed on the NE corner of I-25 and Paseo Del Norte
(can be seen driving east). Address is 5600 Holly
Ave NE. Since arrangements must be made for
breakfast please call me, Dean or Karma. If email-
ing please send to all three so none is lost. If we
get less than 10 respondents I will cancel the meet-
ing to lessen impact to Calibers. Their normal
opening time is 10am.
Our association has been funded by NRA/
ILA and member dues including life and annual
and voluntary contributions. State grants from
NRA Clubs have not been seen recently but I in-
tend to put in for one. We are trying some adver-
tizing (slow) and a raffle that brings in small fund-
ing. Interest from the LMF is marginal due to the
small payouts in the 1 to 2% area. So we have
funding problems preventing our association from
developing more activities including sponsored
Presidents Input By Anthony Trennel
President, NMSSA
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Inside this issue: Vol. 11, Issue 2
President
Anthony Trennel
(505) 856-6574
Vice-President
Jim Flynn (575) 521-3330
Recording Secretary
Carleton Talbot
140 Libby Drive Canutillio, Tx 79835-8805
Treasurer
Karma L. Whelchel, CPA
P.O. Box 30850 Albuquerque, NM 87190
(505) 881-0600
Membership Secretary
Ken Laintz NMSSA Memberships
PO Box 753
Los Alamos, NM 87544 (505) 672-3507
Black Powder Target Rifle Director
OPEN
Class III Firearms
Rodney Keith (505) 480-5384
CMP Coordinator
William Swantner
433 Live Oak Loop NE Albuquerque, NM 87122
(505) 856-6863
Conservation & Hunting Dave Bernd 8704 Northridge NE
Albuquerque, NM 87801
(505) 294-2637 [email protected]
Cowboy Action
Roy Clouse (505)-977-0158
Education & Training
Coralie Carrier
P.O. Box 201 Dona Ana, NM 88032-0201
(575) 382-9087
Education & Training
Eddie Eagle
Brian Leavy
P.O. Box 14652
Albuquerque, NM 87191 (505) 298-7962
Education & Training
Refuse To Be A Victim
Jan Miller-Waugh (505) 853-6326
Education & Training
Women on Target
Leilani McGranahan 7600 Rio Guadalupe Place, NE
Albuquerque, NM, 87122
(505) 250-7663 [email protected]
Recruitment Shoot Coordinator
OPEN
Gun Collecting
OPEN
Gun Show Coordinator
Bob Whelchel
2 Darla Rd. Edgewood, NM 87015-6725
(505) 286-8449
High Power Rifle
Bill Rodolph PO Box 1691
Alto, NM 88312
(575) 336-2754
Historian
Holly Hambric Route1, 5205 Beargrass
Roswell, NM 88201
(575) 626-8927 [email protected]
Junior Activities—Youth
William E. Barker
800 Lamp Post Circle SE
Albuquerque, NM 87123 (505) 298-7751
(505) 797-3714
Junior Activities—YHEC
Rick Andes 105 Sharps Ave
Clovis, NM 88101
Law Enforcement
John Stocum (505) 281-7902
Legislative Affairs
Paul Lisle
3145 June NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111 (505) 299-3933
Gerald Baker
(505)-980-8771 [email protected]
Life Member Trustee - 3 year
William Swantner
433 Live Oak Loop NE
Albuquerque, NM 87122 (505) 856-6863
Life Member Trustee - 5 year
Hugh Hambric
Route1, 5205 Beargrass Roswell, NM 88201
(575) 626-8927
Muzzleloading
OPEN
Newsletter Editor
Dean Armstrong [email protected]
NRA Field Rep
Peter Ide
PO Box32, Cedar Crest, NM 87008,
Home: (505) 281-6721
Cell: (505)299-3672 [email protected]
NRA / ILA
Tara Mica
12405 Von Herff Court
Austin, Tx 78735 (512) 266-4908
Pistol
Tom Shumaker
309 7th Ave Rio Rancho, NM 87124
(505) 892-4869
Shotgun
Damian H. Lusch Sr. 30 Eastwind Lane
Edgewood, NM 87015
(505) 263-7698 [email protected]
Silhouette Shooting
Ron Stryker
P.O. Box 700
Raton, NM 87740
(208) 413-2444
Smallbore Rifle
Virginia McLemore 701 Caine
Socorro, NM 87801
(575) 835-3823 (575) 835-5521
Web Page Administrator
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New Mexico Military Surplus Rifles Pistols Shooters
By Patrick Hernandez
known for their respective fields of
knowledge and expertise, as one member
who is acknowledged as one of the premier
WWI French Firearms authorities in the na-
tion.
The club is an active affiliated club
with both the National Rifle Association and
the New Mexico Shooting Sports Associa-
tion holding various types of different shoots
on the 4th Sunday of every month at the
Albuquerque Shooting Range Park at the
500 Meter Range located on the West-side of
the city starting at 0900 (9AM) with set-up
starting at 0830.
Our shoots are both fun and chal-
lenging, utilizing stationary, pop-up and
moving type paper and/or steel targets which
normally can range anywhere from 25 me-
ters to 500 meters. Some of the different type
of shoots we hold are Carbine and Pistol
Combination, Long Range 500 Meter Prone
and Off-Hand, 600 Meter Sniper, and other
different themed typed shoots such as the
annual WWI shoot, 'The Guns of August'
which is held in August of every year where
one member dresses in a period WWI uni-
form.
The club follows all applied NRA,
NMSSA and specific ASRP safety rules
at our shoots.
If this sounds like fun to you
and if you are interested in either joining
the club or just like to attend one of our
shoots to see what it is all about please
contact the following people for more
information:
President/Range Coordinator
Rob Summerhill
505-967-9652
Email: [email protected]
Vice President
Ron Duncan, Sr.
505-350-2437
Email: [email protected]
Secretary
Patrick Hernandez
505-291-0276
Email: [email protected]
New Mexico Military Surplus
Rifles Pistols Shooters or just simply
known as - NM-MILSURPS is a club
that is located in the Albuquerque area of
the great state of New Mexico that is
open to all beginning, middle level or
advanced shooters, collectors and fans of
the various types of unmodified, in origi-
nal configuration military surplus fire-
arms such as the Mauser, Mosin-Nagant,
Lee-Enfield, SKS, M1 Garand, Colt
1911, and many other weapons that were
used by the various worlds militaries.
The purpose of the club is to promote the
safe shooting, collecting and learning of
all the various nation's surplus military
bolt action, semi-automatic rifles, revolv-
ers, pistols and shotguns. Many of our
members have extensive knowledge of
many of these firearms and are willing to
pass on their vast knowledge to other
members who are just starting up collect-
ing, have been collecting or shooting
these weapons. A few of our members
are respected valued members or modera-
tors of the various internet military relat-
ed firearms boards such as surplusrifle-
forum.com and gunboards.com who are
Changing of the Guard By CDR Mike Beno
Manzano High School NJROTC
coach, CDR Mike Beno, commented "I'm
proud of the progress this team made
throughout the year. They improved both in
accuracy and con-
sistency, and con-
sistency is what
won this competi-
tion."
Manzano High School
NJROTC and Volcano Vista AFJROTC
Air Rifle teams proved top be the top
marksmen in the state of New Mexico for
the 2010-11 school year outshooting per-
ennial winning teams from Army and
Marine Corps schools.
Manzano's precision Air Rifle
team was led by senior Kirsten Moyer
who was also the overall top shooter as
an individual. This was Moyer's third
State title as an individual wrapping up
four years of excellence in the sport. She
will move on to shoot at the collegiate
level with Murray State University and
aspires to compete in Air Rifle in the
next summer Olympics. With the excep-
tion of Moyer, Manzano's precision team
was all new to this class of shooting at
the beginning of the school year. Their
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A Call to Arms
By Paul Lisle Legislative Affairs
This was a very disappointing
year in the Legislature for gun owners.
We have a pro gun Governor ready to
sign our gun bills but none got to her
desk for signature. We had a pro gun
majority in both the House and Senate
ready to pass our gun bills but none got
to the floor of either chamber for a vote.
What caused our gun bills to not get
passed? In both the House and Senate
there is an anti-gun leadership problem.
Coupled to this, the Chairman of the Ju-
diciary Committees in both the House
and Senate caused the gun bills to either
stall and/or die.
Senate Bill 220 and House Bill
228 were the Castle Doctrine Bills that
defined the use of lethal force. The Cas-
tle Doctrine Bills protect lawful users of
deadly force from criminal & civil liabil-
ity when defending their home, vehicle
and business. SB 220 and HB 228 ar-
rived in the Senate Judiciary and House
Judiciary Committees with three weeks
left in the session. Neither was ever
granted a hearing in their respective com-
mittee. SB 220 was sponsored by Sena-
tor George Munoz (D-Gallup) and HB
228 was sponsored by state Representa-
tive Candy Spence Ezzel (R-Roswell).
Senate Bill 29 and House Bill
140 was legislation eliminating the two
year refresher course for concealed hand-
gun licensees. SB 29, sponsored by state
Senator Steve Neville (R-Aztec), failed
on a 5 to 5 tie vote in the Senate Judici-
ary Committee. Several attempts to re-
vive the measure were unsuccessful. HB
140, sponsored by state Representative
Nate Gentry (R-ABQ), languished in the
House Judiciary Committee for over a
month, and was finally considered on the
day before the Legislature adjourned.
House Bill 136 sponsored by
state Representative Zach Cook (R-
Ruidoso) and Senate Bill 542, sponsored
by state Senator Tim Keller (D-ABQ),
would allow Concealed Handgun Licen-
sees to protect themselves in state parks.
House Bill 148, sponsored by state Rep-
resentative Bill Rehm (R-ABQ), would
allow New Mexico residents to purchase
long guns in non-contiguous states. HB
136 would allow concealed handguns to
be carried in schools, universities, buses,
all licensed liquor establishments, state
parks and recreation areas and eliminate
the requirement that only one concealed
handgun may be carried at any given
time. All of these bills met their death in
their respective Judiciary Committees.
The Senators and Representa-
tives who sponsored gun bills in the Leg-
islature this year deserve a huge thank
you. For your information and future
ballot action, the Chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee is Al Park (D-ABQ)
and the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee is Richard C. Martinez (D-
Espanola).
Another issue that the Legisla-
ture failed to correct and is very im-
portant to gun dealers is the State of New
Mexico issuing NM drivers licenses to
illegal immigrants. As directed by the
BATF&E, gun dealers accept driver’s
licenses as proof of legal residence and
US citizenship. The gun dealer requests
permission from the FBI to transfer the
gun to the prospective buyer biased on
the information, including driver’s li-
cense, that the prospective buyer has
furnished the dealer. If the FBI has no
adverse information on the illegal pro-
spective buyer, the gun dealer may re-
ceive permission to transfer the gun. By
transferring the gun to an illegal the gun
dealer commits at least one felony and
there could be other felonies depending
on the transfer details. Even with the
driver’s license and FBI permission to
transfer the gun, the dealer could end up
fighting to stay out of prison. Governor
Martinez worked hard to end illegal’s
obtaining NM Drivers Licenses but the
Leadership in the Legislature defeated
her efforts. The Senate Majority Floor
Leader, Michael S. Sanchez (D-Belen),
had a large influence in keep the status
quo.
Government is like a baby: An
alimentary canal with a big appetite at
one end and no sense of responsibility the
other. Ronald Reagan
Presidents Input Continued …
The other three borders are
wide open to gun running from sources
all over the world including certain South
American countries.
Many countries around the
world have strict gun laws or prohibitions
and many of them are basically naïve,
corrupt or uncaring. Naïve in the sense
that police/military can protect everyone.
Good examples are certain European
countries and some Asian and African
countries. Many mid-east countries are
controlled by totalitarian regimes where
the right to self defense is foreign. In-
deed many countries in the past century
under total control have disarmed their
people and then committed genocide
involving tens of millions of victims.
Ask yourself what did the UN do in re-
cent genocides to try to prevent them?
Why address this? Because
countries like these populate the United
Nations (UN) and it is that organization
that is proposing a Small Arms Treaty
that if ratified by our Senate would prac-
tically nullify the Second Amendment.
In fact, it is certain people in the UN that
are actually targeting our Second Amend-
ment. They propose this as a way to
control small arms around the world that
are used by militants and other violent
groups. Disarm civilians and the world
will be safe! What utter nonsense since it
will be just the opposite to civilians? All
governments including totalitarian, com-
munist and others will have total control
over their populations. In addition, all
countries totalitarian or not will be able
to acquire arms. I believe that is what the
UN is ―gunning‖ for.
We have a Secretary of State,
Clinton who raised her right hand to
swear to protect and defend the Constitu-
tion. Yet she is the one that invites the
UN to push this treaty onto the Senate
that violates that Oath of Office. That
treaty would constitute a direct attack on
the Bill of Rights – which Amendment
will be next do you think? So it is imper-
ative you write to your senators demand-
ing that they uphold their Oaths of Office
and vote against this treaty when and if it
comes before them. It is truly unfortu-
nate we have to spend our time and mon-
ey to convince many of our leaders to
follow the Constitution they serve under
and swore an oath to protect.
I reviewed much of our
NMSSA activities and noted they have
been dying off in the last few years. I
believe some of this problem is due to
funding and I am reviewing how we use
our own funding. However, there are
other sources from the NRA. They pro-
vide Block Grants for specific activities.
Last year the editor put the block grant
manual on our website. Have a look and
if you apply go to the NRA website for
changed or new forms. I intend to put in
for some funding from NRA Clubs to
support furtherance of our newsletter and
website, communications and perhaps get
them to agree that a postal shoot may be
appropriate given the cost of fuel and
travel. If any member or exec wants to
fund an activity we can piggy back it on
my application to Clubs. What is needed
is the activity, the funding required, the
responsible person and the need to ac-
count for how the funds were spent. The-
se requirements are fairly simple, not
tedious undertakings. Check out NRA
Clubs and grants on the NRA website.
At this juncture our association
should be growing in members and activ-
ities instead of decaying. Let Bob do it
used to be a commercial. But ―Bob‖ can
only do so much. We need activity from
some execs and many members. Our gun
rights are under attack like never before,
it is time to act.
NEW MEXICO SHOOTING NEWS Page 5
Hunting and Conservation Stuff
By David Bernd Conservation and Hunting
Well--here we go again--first,,
thanks to those who beat on there elected
officials to get change in regulations,
limits, etc..-that is what it takes to get
change--We have a new Game Commis-
sion--got rid of a bunch whose motives,
agendas, etc. were suspect. Do not know
how good or effective the new bunch
will/can be, but it can`t be worse. Re-
member, Game and fish management is
supposed to be for our citizens. NOT for
the political or economics blessed. On
another subject,,, the anti hunting/fishing/
human being organizations are well fund-
ed and relentless in their agenda to de-
stroy what we enjoy .In their minds, it is
better that wolves and lizards eat starving
humans that that we have any means
of preserving our existence. And these
sleeze outfits are very well funded.--the
big question is, who is feeding these idi-
ots???-AND WHY?--If by this time you
have not realized that you must get off
your butt and get forceful with elected
officials,, why am I writing this??DB
(www.capitanhipower.com), their range lo-
cated on U. S. highway 380, 3 miles east of
Capitan, has 25 firing points out to 1,000
yards. The range was built originally in
1956. The club was able to purchase the
property in 2004 and, with money from the
members and a grant from Friends of the
NRA, to improve the facilities. The club has
hi-power and long-range leagues and last
year added a small-bore league. This year
the Club will host the NM High Power
Championship (July), the NM Small Bore
prone matches (August) and a Regional high
power championship (September).
The Roswell Gun Club
(www.roswellgunclub.com) is one of the
larger clubs in the State, with an average of
about 282 members. The club owns their
range complex of 245 acres; scheduled
matches are held on Saturday, Sunday, and
three Wednesdays each month, and are open
to the general public, as competitors or spec-
tators. The club holds matches for silhouette,
cowboy and bull’s-eye courses, combat pis-
tol, military rifle, small bore and hi-power
and almost any other shooting discipline that
you can bring to mind! The range facility
includes a law enforcement pistol range used
for training and qualification by selected
agencies.
In Otero County, the county government
operates the Sydney Paul Gordon Shooting
Range, located just north of La Luz. The
Otero Practical Shooting Association
(www.opshooter.org) holds it’s matches on
the range, shooting high power rifle, .22 rim
fire, IPSC, cowboy action (SASS) and action
pistol/shotgun.
One of the most popular shooting activities
(maybe the most popular, from the total
number of participants) is cowboy style.
The southeast quadrant has a number of fair-
ly large clubs, including the Monticello
Range Riders
(www.monticellorangeriders.com) of Ele-
phant Butte, the Otero Practical Shooters
(www.opshooter.org) of Alamogordo, 7
River Regulators (www.sevenrr.com) of
Carlsbad and the Lincoln County Regula-
tors (www.lincolncountyregulators.com)
affiliated with the Ruidoso Gun Club.
The Monticello Range Riders was orga-
nized in 2010 and is presently working to
establish a permanent site with store
fronts. The club shoots on 3rd and 5th
Sundays and visitors are welcome.
West of I-10, in Las Cruces, the Picacho
Gun Club (www.picachogunclub.com),
using the municipal Butterfield Shooting
Range, has a very active program in most
of the shooting disciplines, including
cowboy, practical pistol, silhouette and
others. Organized in 1965, the club in
1975 worked with the City of Las Cruces
and the BLM to establish the Butterfield
facility. They continue to help maintain
and improve the Range in a continuing
and mutually satisfactory arrangement.
Regular matches are held monthly, with
special matches from time to time. In
addition to the regular ranges, the facility
has eight berm-protected areas for practi-
cal pistol and informal shooting.
Also in Las Cruces is a new skeet and
trap club, the Mesilla Valley Shotgun
Shooters. With a combination of state and
private funding, the club is building a
new 3-field facility at Butterfield Shoot-
ing Range that will operate in a private/
municipal partnership similar to existing
arrangements. The fields are expected to
be ready in the next couple of months.
There are at least two clubs in the area,
affiliated with SASS and devoted mainly
to cowboy shooting, that have web sites:
the Gila Rangers (www.gilarangers.com)
of Silver City and the Picacho Posse
(www.picachoposse.com) of Las Cruces,
affiliated with the Picacho Gun Club.
The shooting sports are alive,
well and active in the southern part of our
state, probably more so than a lot of peo-
ple recognize. Just about every aspect
and variation of the shooting game, from
long-range big-bore, to gallery small-
bore and air rifle, from cowboy single-
action and 3-gun, practical pistol and 3-
gun combat, plus some new courses that
have been made up to make things less
strenuous for us old folks, there are a lot
of people doing a lot of shooting in the
lower half of New Mexico. I thought for
a while that I had seen everything except
a cannon range, but I was wrong; the
Capitan club is planning (maybe) to fire a
76mm anti-tank gun in July.
Most of the formal competi-
tions, whether shot for record or just for
fun, are staged by one of our local clubs.
The facilities run the gamut from the
basic to elaborate and various courses are
staged at regular intervals throughout the
year. Many of the clubs have websites
and encourage new people to visit and
become acquainted. Monthly meetings
are typical, visitors are welcomed.
It seems like most of the clubs,
but not necessarily the ranges, are located
in the Southeastern quadrant (which fig-
ures, since the majority of the people are
there). Some of these East of I-10 are:
The Manzano Mountain Gun Club of
Mountainair
(www.manzanomountaingunclub.org),
about as far north as you can get and still
be in ―southern New Mexico‖, has about
60 members, but has run into zoning
problems in their efforts to establish a
permanent range. They hold ―fun‖
shoots on various member’s property, but
are stymied at the moment in their plans
to build a club facility. We wish them
the best, it is a problem that will get
worse in New Mexico in the future.
The Capitan Hi Power Shooting Club
Shooting Facilities in Southern New Mexico By Jim Flynn
Vice President NMSSA
NEW MEXICO SHOOTING NEWS Page 6
but shooting people are a pretty friendly
bunch and visitors are usually warmly wel-
comed. I didn’t find any clubs west of Silver
City, but if you’re there and I missed you, I
would sure like to hear from you!
As a matter of interest, many or
most of the clubs sponsor or assist with Con-
cealed Carry classes, frequently providing
facilities or instructors, and often offering bi-
annual re-qualification classes. In Las Cru-
ces (as an example) at least one women’s
group has formed to provide defensive
shooting continuing education and mutual
support.
I recognize that this survey is pretty
quick and superficial and not by any means
complete– it’s a big area and there’s a lot
going on. If anyone notices one of the inevi-
table errors, I will really appreciate you let-
ting me know. Also, I and the entire staff
of the NMSSA will appreciate any club
or group updating us on any changes to
your website, so that it may be included
accurately in our website.
The Gila Rangers are very active, with
shoots regularly scheduled just about
year-around; they have a complete old
west ―village‖ south of Silver City in
which they stage various scenarios. Until
fairly recently, they staged mounted
shoots on regular occasions but unfortu-
nately the economic realities of the times
caught up with them and these events
have been discontinued. Their website
has a lot of information on other clubs
and contacts.
There are probably a dozen
other ―cowboy‖ clubs all over the south-
ern part of the state that don’t have web-
sites and maybe are not as active as the
larger ones. The same is true of many
other smaller clubs with limited facilities,
tion of the Old West Cowboy lifestyle, sur-
rounded by a three-day festival open to the
public and featuring traditional entertain-
ment and activities for the entire family.
So mark your calendars for June
24th to the 26th and come on out! Ride the
longhorns, watch the stunt shows, see the
gun and rope twirlers, listen to the western
music entertainers, make a day of it (or two).
For more information visit
www.sassnet.com or call the SASS office
toll free at 505-843-1320.
Founders Ranch is a 480 acre
shooting facility with 17 action shooting
bays, and old west town, a large mounted
shooting arena, and now, a shotgun sports
venue is under construction.
A state of the art five-stand course
is up and running and will soon be open to
the public on a regular basis. Work has
started on a 12 stand sporting clays
course planned for an early fall opening.
A website for Founders Ranch Shotgun
Sports Club will be up and running soon.
For more information call 505-934-2533.
I hope to see ya’ll out on the range soon.
Wild Shot
News from Founders Ranch
Founders Ranch is the Single
Action Shooting Society’s (SASS) home
range. Located just a few miles from our
world headquarters in Edgewood, Found-
ers Ranch is the host venue for monthly
Cowboy Action matches and home of
End of Trail, the world championship of
Cowboy Action Shooting and Wild West
jubilee.
This year, we celebrate our 30th
End of Trail, with 1000 competitors from
around the world, non-stop entertain-
ment, and dozens of vendors offering
western art, memorabilia, and accesso-
ries.
A western United States tradi-
tion dedicated to preserving the history of
the Old West, End of Trail is a celebra-
NEW MEXICO SHOOTING NEWS Page 7
News From Founders Ranch – SASS
By Gerald Baker AKA Wild Shot Legislative affairs
NEW MEXICO SHOOTING NEWS Page 8
are added together to make the team score.
Although Aggie Kaitlyn Martin
(New Mexico State University) won Gold in
both individual Air Rifle and Smallbore Ri-
fle Intercollegiate Championships, New
Mexico Tech students won Silver and
Bronze medals in both events. Alex Egerton
won Silver and Elizabeth Barteau won
Bronze in the individual air rifle champion-
ship and Barteau won Silver and Egerton
won Bronze in the smallbore rifle champion-
ship.
There are two categories of college
rifle teams—NCAA and College Club. The
three New Mexico schools are classified as
club teams since none of New Mexico
Schools are NCAA in rifle. The scores from
the New Mexico Intercollegiate Sectional
Championship will be compared with all
other colleges and universities with rifle
clubs throughout the country who competed
in their area intercollegiate sectional champi-
onship to form the National Intercollegiate
Sectional Championship. That way each
college student can compare their perfor-
mance with other college students. The top
30 individual club competitors and top 10
club teams in the country will be invited to
the NRA National Intercollegiate Cham-
pionships at The Citadel, Charleston, SC,
April, 7-10, 2011.
Thanks to Joel Martin and his
staff for hosting the event.
Any New Mexico Tech student
that wants to try out for the rifle team can
practice every Monday evening at 5-7
PM in Classroom 1, New Mexico Tech
Gym. Practice for the team is generally
held on Fridays 11 AM-2 PM, also at the
gym. The team is preparing for several
prone rifle championships and the New
Mexico Air Rifle Championship. The
New Mexico Shooting Sports Club has
numerous additional events. Contact club
president T.J. Chavez
([email protected]), instruc-
tor Jim McLemore
([email protected]) or
coach/faculty sponsor Dr. Virginia
McLemore ([email protected]) for
more information.
Five New Mexico Tech students
(Alex Egerton, Elizabeth Barteau, Camile
Bryant, David Best, and Jonathan
McGechie) traveled to Albuquerque to
compete in the New Mexico Intercolle-
giate Sectional, Sunday January 30, 2011
and out shot UNM (University or New
Mexico) to win the New Mexico Inter-
collegiate Smallbore and Air Rifle Team
Championships. A total of 10 competi-
tors from the three schools competed, but
only two schools had enough competitors
for the four-man team in the smallbore
rifle event. The results and photographs
are below.
This is the first year New Mexi-
co hosted the Intercollegiate Sectional
Championship in air rifle and smallbore
rifle events. Each competitor shoots 60
rounds standing in the air rifle event and
20 rounds in each of three positions
(prone, standing, kneeling) in the small-
bore rifle event, for a total of 60 shots.
The air rifle event is at a distance of 10
meters and the smallbore rifle event is at
50 ft. Both events are held at indoor
shooting ranges. The scores from each
team member for each individual event
New Mexico Tech Rifle Team Beats UNM
By Virginia T. McLamore New Mexico Tech Rifle Coach
Our By-Laws require Life Member Funds to be put in CD’s (insured conservative funds) that are only paying 1 to less than 2%. Without
grant and annual member funds this does not contribute enough to cover life member costs. A deceased life member’s payment is trans-
ferred back to the general fund. In order to determine the status of life members we are requesting that each life member respond by
email or letter to our Membership Secretary, Ken Laintz and if possible email a copy to the Editor, Dean Armstrong.
**** Life Members Please Respond ****
Silhouette newsletter May 2011
Due to unforeseeable circumstances the 2011 New Mexico silhouette championships have been cancelled. This event was to have been
held at the NRA Whittington center the last 2 days of June & the first 2 days of July. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. Ron &
Loreen Stryker Match directors.
Thanks Ron
Silhouette Shooting
By Ron Stryker Silhouette Shooting Officer
NEW MEXICO SHOOTING NEWS Page 9
Egerton in the prone event (smallbore rifle)
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Smallbore rifle individual champions: Barteau (left, Silver),
Martin (center, gold), and Egerton (right, bronze)
Air rifle individual champions: Barteau (left, bronze),
Martin (center, gold), and Egerton (right, silver) New Mexico Tech Rifle Team—back row Elizabeth Barteau
(Assistant Team Captain), Jonathan McGechie (Team Captain),
David Best, front row Alex Egerton, Camile Bryant
New Mexico Tech Rifle Team—air rifle championship. New Mexico Tech Rifle Team—air rifle championship.
New Mexico Rifle Team—prone, smallbore rifle
Page 11 NEW MEXICO SHOOTING NEWS
At the end of the first day, Bryant
was 3rd in the Marksman class, followed by
Best and Sun. McLemore was 2nd overall and
1st Master. The winds started blowing on
Sunday, but that did not trouble Bryant, Best
or Sun who shot better scores than the first
day.
For the two day aggregate, Bryant
won the High Junior Trophy with a 2990 out
of 3200 possible score—an impressive score
for a shooter who has only been shooting
since November 2010, and with this being
her 3rd official match. Best was not far be-
hind with a 2915 out of 3200 and was 4th
Marksman. This was Brian Sun’s very first
match and was 5th Marksman.
Coach McLemore was 2nd overall
and High Master with a total score of 3189
out of 3200. She was out shot by Richard
Layton, a student at Arizona State Universi-
ty, who is the Arizona State Champion and
shot a 3192 out of 3200. For more pictures
and scores see the blog at
http://minnesotarifleshooting.blogspot.com/.
The New Mexico Tech Shooting
Sports Club is now preparing for the New
Mexico State Air Rifle Championship
this coming weekend (April 1-3). Contact
McLemore for more information
Four members of the club
(Bryant, Best, Egerton, Barteau) and
Coach McLemore will be traveling to
NRA National Intercollegiate Champion-
ships at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.
The team qualified for this national com-
petition with the scores shot in January
2011 at the New Mexico Colligate Sec-
tional Championship (see
http://www.nmt.edu/nmt-news/336-
2011/4044-shooting-team-defeats-unm-
for-regional-title ).
New members of the New Mex-
ico Tech Shooting Sports Club are wel-
come. The club has regular practice at the
New Mexico Tech Gym Classroom every
Monday at 5-7 PM during the fall and
spring semesters. The club also has regu-
lar highpower rifle matches in addition to
smallbore rifle and air rifle.
Three New Mexico Tech Shoot-
ing Sports Club members (Camille Bry-
ant, David Best, Brian Sun) and coach
Virginia McLemore traveled to Phoenix,
Arizona March 25-27, 2011 to compete
in the Arizona State Prone Smallbore
Rifle Championship. Twenty shooters of
all ages (16-70) from Arizona, Minneso-
ta, Michigan, and New Mexico competed
in the two-day state championship. The
competition consists of 4 matches per
day at distances of 50 yards, 100 yards,
and 50 meters (400 shots each), for a
total of 1600 points each day, using a .22
rifle in the prone position. The state
champion is determined by the aggregate
of all 8 matches over the two days. The
competitors are classified according their
ability as determined by scores from pre-
vious matches. The four classifications
are master, expert, sharpshooter, and
marksman. In order to be classified as a
master shooter, the competitor must aver-
age 99.5%; an expert 98.5-99.49%,
sharpshooter 96.5-98.49%, and marks-
man below 96.5%.
BRYANT WINS HIGH JUNIOR AT THE ARIZONA STATE PRONE RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP!
By Virginia T. McLamore
Camille Bryant receiving her trophy for High Junior from
Jack Arnold, match director. Prone shooters. Alex Egerton is the first shooter (black
hat) and David Best (blue hat) is next to him.
Page 12 NEW MEXICO SHOOTING NEWS
kneeling using a precision .22 rifle. Alt-
hough the team placed 10th out of 10 teams
at the national championship, three of the
team members shot their best scores and the
4th team member was only 5 points behind
his average score—nearly 200 points above
the team score at the sectional that qualified
them to go to the national championship!
Team member Elizabeth Barteau was the
high scorer for the team and placed 12th in
the individual .22 rifle championships (out of
30 shooters)! Three of the team members are
freshman shooting in .22 position rifle com-
petition for the very first time this year and
the fourth is a sophomore with some compe-
tition experience. The NM Tech Shooting
Sports club has provided experience in air
rifle and pistol, small bore rifle, and high
power rifle for more than 20 years. But
this is the first time the students were
interested in competition beyond the club
and state level. Not too many colleges are
as supportive of the shooting sports as
NM Tech, who provided some of the
traveling funds.
New members of the New Mexico Tech
Shooting Sports Club are welcome. The
club has regular practice at the New Mex-
ico Tech Gym Classroom every Monday
at 5-7 PM during the fall and spring se-
mesters.
Four New Mexico Tech Shoot-
ing Sports Club members (Camille Bry-
ant, David Best, Alex Egerton, and Eliza-
beth Barteau) and coach Virginia
McLemore traveled to Charleston, South
Carolina April 6-11, 2011 to compete in
the NRA National Intercollegiate Rifle
Club National Championships at The
Citadel. The NM Tech team qualified for
this national competition with their
scores shot in January 2011 at the New
Mexico Colligate Sectional Champion-
ship (see http://www.nmt.edu/nmt-
news/336-2011/4044-shooting-team-
defeats-unm-for-regional-title). The com-
petition consists of 20 shots in each of
three positions: prone, standing, and
New Mexico Tech Rifle Team Places 10th at the NRA Nation-al Intercollegiate Rifle Club National Championships
By Virginia T. McLamore
Getting ready at the range
The New Mexico Tech team Kneeling position
Cleaning rifles.
CURRENT NMSSA OFFICER POSTIONS OPEN FOR: Gun Collecting / Recruitment Shoot Coordinator / Muzzleloading
If interested contract the President at [email protected]
We are off to a rather slow start for the first quarter of 2011. We have had 9 new members join so far this year, with S&S Weapon Sys-
tems in Rio Rancho joining as a Club. We have had 7 members renew with life memberships and 3 previous Free-Limited members re-
new with full memberships. Unfortunately, renewals have dropped significantly. So far 60 of our past members have either misplaced
their renewals or have decided not to renew. As of this report, we now have 1010 active members - keep up the recruiting efforts!
NEW MEXICO SHOOTING NEWS Page 13
Membership Report
By Ken Laintz Membership Secretary
Capitan Hi Power Shooting Club
Ruidoso
http://www.capitanhipower.com/
Carlsbad Sportsman's Club Inc.
Carlsbad
http://carlsbadsportsmansclub.org/
Gallup Shooters
Gallup
http://www.gallupshooters.com/
Gila Rangers
Silver City
http://www.gilarangers.com/
High Desert Sportsmen’s Club
Silver City
Contact: Bob Messmer, (575) 388-3917
Los Alamos Sportsmen's Club
Los Alamos
http://www.la-sc.org/
Los Alamos NJROTC
Los Alamos http://www.laschools.net/14662047124829520/site/default.asp
Magdalena Trail Drivers
Socorro
http://www.magdalenatraildrivers.com/
Manzano Mountain Gun Club
Mountainair
http://www.manzanomountaingunclub.org/
New Mexico Big Horn Club
Edgewood/Moriarty
http://www.nmbhgc.org/
NM MilSurps
Albuquerque/Edgewood
Contact: Rob Summerhill, (505) 967-9652
NRA Whittington Center
Raton
http://www.nrawc.org/
Sandia Gun Club
Albuquerque
http://www.sandiagunclub.org/
Member Clubs / Places to Shoot – Check Club web sites or with contacts for latest classes, events, and match schedules!
U.S. Representative Martin T.
Heinrich,
District 1
20 First Plaza, NW Ste.603
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-346-6781
505-346-6723 Fax
202-225-6316 Washington
http://heinrich.house.gov/?sectionid=18
§iontree=3,18
U.S. Representative Steve Pearce,
District 2
570 N. Telshor Blvd
Las Cruces, NM 88011
855-4-PEARCE (732723)
202-225-2365 Washington
https://pearce.house.gov/contact-me
U.S. Representative Ben R. Lujan,
District 3
811 St. Michael's Dr. Suite 104
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-984-8950
505-986-5047 Fax
202-225-6190 Washington
https://forms.house.gov/lujan/contact-
form.shtml
Office of the Governor
490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Room 400
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505-476-2200
505-476-2226 Fax
www.governor.state.nm.us
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
State Capitol Building, Room 417
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505-476-2250
505-476-2257 Fax
www.governor.state.nm.us/ltgov
President Barack H. Obama
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman
625 Silver Avenue SW, Suite 130
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-346-6601
505-346-6780 Fax
202-224-5521 Washington
http://www.bingaman.senate.gov/
contact/types/email-issue.cfm
U.S. Senator Tom Udall
201 3rd Street, NW Ste. 710
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-346-6791
505-346-6720 Fax
202-224-6621 Washington
http://tomudall.senate.gov/contact/cont
act.cfm
How to contact the President, your Senator's, Representative's and the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
NEW MEXICO SHOOTING NEWS Page 14
On April 30, 2011 Volcano Vista High School became the first-ever Air Force JROTC program to win the New Mexico State Air
Rifle Sporter Championship. Competing against nation-wide powerhouse teams such as West Mesa HS, La Cueva HS, Eldorado HS,
Kirtland Central HS and up and coming Piedra Vista HS, it came down to the last shot in the kneeling position by the eventual State
Individual Champion, Allen Cohenour (3x20 score of 553), to secure the victory with a team score of 2122. Other Varsity team mem-
bers include Jocelyn Caro, Alex Reed and Andres Bader-Elenes.
VOLCANO VISTA CHAMPIONS!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The New Mexico Legislature adjourned sine die on March 19. The session was frustrating for gun owners. Election of a pro-gun Gover-
nor and the addition of eight new pro-Second Amendment Representatives in the state House did not translate into significant progress on
NRA-backed issues, as members might have expected. However, with change comes opportunity, and we anticipate that this new political
landscape will eventually improve prospects for passage of some of these measures in future legislative sessions.
What remained unchanged is the anti-gun Senate and House leadership and committee chairmen who had little or no interest in holding
timely hearings on or advancing NRA-supported bills. It became apparent midway through the legislative session that nearly all pro-gun
measures would stall and/or die in the House and Senate Judiciary Committees – either at the behest of leadership or at the sole discretion
of its chairmen.
Senate Bill 29 and House Bill 140: NRA-Backed Legislation Eliminating Two-Hour, Mid-Term Refresher Course for Concealed
Handgun Licensees
SB 29, sponsored by state Senator Steve Neville (R-Aztec), failed on a 5 to 5 tie vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Several attempts
to revive the measure were unsuccessful.
HB 140, sponsored by state Representative Nate Gentry (R-ABQ), languished in the House Judiciary Committee for over a month, and
was finally considered on March 18 – the day before the Legislature adjourned.
Senate Bill 220 and House Bill 228: NRA-Backed “Castle Doctrine” Bills Clarifying Self-Defense Rights in Home, Vehicle or Busi-
ness & Protecting Lawful Users of Deadly Force from Criminal & Civil Liability
SB 220 and HB 228 arrived in the Senate Judiciary and House Judiciary Committees with three weeks left in the session, and neither was
ever granted a hearing in their respective committee. SB 220 was sponsored by state Senator George Munoz (D-Gallup) and HB 228 was
sponsored by state Representative Candy Spence Ezzell (R-Roswell).
Several other measures – House Bill 136 sponsored by state Representative Zach Cook (R-Ruidoso) and Senate Bill 542 sponsored by
state Senator Tim Keller (D-ABQ), which would allow Concealed Handgun Licensees to protect themselves in state parks, and House Bill
148 sponsored by state Representative Bill Rehm (R-ABQ), which would allow New Mexico residents to purchase long guns in non-
contiguous states – also ultimately met their fate in their respective Judiciary committee.
If you wish to thank our bill authors for their hard work on these measures, or to politely express your dissatisfaction with Senate
and House leadership or the Judiciary Committee chairmen, you may find their contact information at the link below. Please also
contact your state Senator and Representative, and let him or her know that you would like to see these important issues ad-
dressed in future legislative sessions. Contact information can be found by clicking here and then selecting ―Members‖ or
"Committees".
2011 New Mexico Legislative Wrap-Up
Jun 23-25 NRA National Air Rifle Championships Camp Perry, OH
Jun 26-2 Jul NAT Junior Olympic Rifle Championships Camp Perry, OH
NEW MEXICO JROTC 2010-2011 Marksmanship Schedule of Events
NEW MEXICO SHOOTING NEWS Page 15
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